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I remember in the early '80s on the Milwaukee Road, a form of mileage cap was proposed. One of the vociferous decenters declared,"That's the difference between butter and margerine on my kids' dinner table!" <br /> <br />Once, when I was on the South Shore, I was called for the first engineers' job in the morning. It was on a Saturday and the job went to work at 4am. On our way back to the Shops the dispatcher radioed me to tell me he didn't have anyone for the last job that night, and I'd have to go. We tied up on the first job at 11.25 am. I stood to go to work at 7.35pm that evening. All through the day I tried to sleep. But it was a hot summer day and the sunlight was bright. Kids were playing outside and there was the sound of tow-trucks removing the illegaly parked cars of the "Fips" that came to use our beach. I still had the fatigue shakes at 6pm. I called the trainmaster to advise him of my situation. The evening assignment left Michigan City at 7.40pm, went to the Bend, and turned to go to Chicago at 8.40pm with an arrival at Chicago at 10pm. The assignment then returned to Michigan city on the 12.45am departure with a tie-up at 2.30am, having me awake for a full 24 hours. The trainmaster's remark was, "The book says your rested." I had to run with the cab door open, and I had to stand up most of the time to stay awake. It was awfull. <br />And there you have it. <br />Mitch
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